Flats Boats For Sale

Looking to Buy or Sell a new or Used Flats Boat or Skiff? This website is designed just for shallow water boats. Makes like: Maverick, Hewes, Hells Bay, Action Craft, Mako, Sterling, Carolina Skiff, Back Country, Dolphin, Yellowfin, Pathfinder, Scout, Ranger, East Cape, Sundance, Shearwater, Silver King, Mitzi, Gheenoe, Terrapin, Ankona, Proline, Beaver Tail, IPB, Key West, Willy Roberts, Renegade, Sea Hunter, Sea Squirt, Boston Whaler, Bay craft, And many more Skinny water Fishing Boats

The History of the Flats Boat.The Birth of the flats boat came from men who long ago traveled shallow water out of necessity. Early shallow water anglers poling dug out canoes, would use a gig to catch fish. The skiff evolved into a Carbon Kevlar resign injected feather light vessel weighing half the weight of the old dug out. The gig evolved into the graphite 8 weight fly rod. The angler evolved from subsistence hunter to self challenged thrill seeker. When a man takes up fishing, he evolves from bottom fishing meat hunter into the finished product of a conservation minded catch and release fly caster. The modern shallow water angler has achieved satisfaction in discovering why God created non-edible species of fish. For those who haven't arrived to the anglers final destination, Be patient and keep fishing. You must chase Blue Marlin, Giant Bluefin Tuna, and the other species on your bucket list before you realize sight casting to a Permit, Bonefish, or Tarpon with a fly is the ultimate adventure. The shallow water angler will often regress to his roots when handling a tasty snook. He is not to be criticized for his back sliding because it may happen to you when you least suspect it.
Aluminum Boats versus Fiberglass Boats versus Wood boats  Of course The wooden boat rules when it comes to quiet and stealth. wood does come up short in the category of being light weight. There are laminated wooden kayaks the can be very light but still not as light as Aluminum or modern fibers. Aluminum boats come in first place for light weight and shallow draft. They finish last in quietness and stealth. The ever so feared hull slap on an aluminum hull can be as loud as a front row seat at an AC/DC concert. Right in the middle scoring the most points in combined categories of weight, sound, and draft is the fiberglass flats skiff. Fiberglass is the actual fibers that make up the material and then wetted out with an ester or epoxy resign. The right amount of materials used in building a boat is critical in achieving strength and light weight. Other fibers are stronger than fiberglass such as kevlar. Using stronger fibers means boat builders can cut down on the amount of materials which cuts down on the weight. Kevlar is more expensive than glass which ends up adding expense to the price of the boat. The proper amount of resign can be a weight saver. If the boat builder uses just enough resign to saturate the fibers then the ideal weight per foot is achieved. Too much resign does not make a boat stronger it just adds weight. Not enough resign will cause the fiber cloth to be weak and possibly crack under stress. The final decision comes down to type of use and the depth of your pockets.